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Prolonged Prothrombin Time After Discontinuing Vitamin K Antagonist

Date: AUG.1.2017
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Source: Clinical Chemistry

DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2016.267245

A 65-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for a colonoscopy. He had been taking a
vitamin K antagonist (acenocoumarol) since 1989, when he suffered from 2 episodes of
lower limb deep vein thrombosis.